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Recycling with the Angels

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
 A child recycles using an Angels recycling bin
After a week-long effort partnering with local organizations to encourage families to recycle (and receive tickets to the Los Angeles Angels game!), everything come to fruition this weekend. Our partners were fantastic!  They included: Fiesta Angels, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Anaheim YMCA, Orange County Children’s Therapeutic ARTS Center, and Latino Health Access.  We all agreed that recycling and keeping our neighborhoods clean is a community effort.

Today was spent passing out educational materials, talking recycling, and anticipating a great game.  It was simple and rewarding.  The smiles on the children’s faces were priceless.

Anaheim YMCA raffled off a bike and we all had a great time encouraging people to recycle.  Today was more than just a day at the ballpark; it was the beginning of a standing commitment in Anaheim to recycle and keep California clean and beautiful.

ACC is always looking for ideas to increase awareness and to make it easier for communities to recycle.  What do you think would work best in your community?

Recycling Results: An Angels Game

Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Senator Correa joins ACC to increase recycling
Senator Correa joins ACC to increase recycling

Yesterday, I took part in an event with Latino Health Access, the Anaheim YMCA, California State Senator Lou Correa and many others to help promote recycling in Orange County. In exchange for a 33-gallon bag of recyclables, families received four tickets to an Angels game.  Since many of these families did not have the means to regularly attend baseball games, it was heartening to see the excited faces of those who were about to go. In fact, two women gave their collective eight tickets to a family because none of the children had ever been to an Angels game.

Working together, we collected hundreds of pounds of recyclable materials, increased understanding about recycling in the community, and provided children and families with tickets to an Angels game.